{"id":2459,"date":"2016-12-30T23:30:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2459"},"modified":"2016-12-30T23:30:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:30:04","slug":"a-bit-of-christmas-kit-bashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2459","title":{"rendered":"A bit of Christmas Kit Bashing."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\">Time for an update, seven days away from TV and internet have allowed me to crack on with quite a few of my ongoing projects.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">First up I finished the remaining three Parkside Vans ready for painting &#8211; actually I tell a lie because the LNER fish van still needs guard irons and vac\/steam pipes.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2470\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2470\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2470\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2304.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2304-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2304-768x443.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2304-500x288.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">7mm Scale Parkside LMS-LNER Wagons<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Then I built a Slaters Gloucester 5 Plank Open. Unlike my previous builds of open wagons I haven&#8217;t gone to town on the interior detailing on this one &#8211; I went as far as scribing in the plank lines because I plan to load it in such a way as the interior won&#8217;t be seen.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2471\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2471\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2310.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2310-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2310-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2310-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slaters Gloucester 5 Plank Open Wagon<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Then I built a Parkside NBR 4 plank open and while looking in Tatlow for the additional details that I had added to the last one of these that I built, I noted that some of these wagons had been converted for use as Coke wagons. Variety is the spice of life as they say, so of I went with the styrene rod and sheet &#8211; it was actually great practice at cutting straight strips from 1.25mm sheet.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2462\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2462\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2462\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2328.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2328-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2328-768x537.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2328-429x300.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parkside exNBR 4 Plank Open converted to a coke wagon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2461\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2461\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2461\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2322.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2322-300x277.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2322-768x708.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2322-325x300.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parkside exNBR 4 Plank Open converted to a coke wagon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2460\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2460\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2460\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2460\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2316.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2316.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2316-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2316-768x549.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2316-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parkside exNBR 4 Plank Open converted to a coke wagon<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Despite being a simple kit bash it allowed me to indulge in adding bolt head details and by dint of good fortune I just had enough styrene washers to hand to complete it.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for an update, seven days away from TV and internet have allowed me to crack on with quite a few of my ongoing projects. First up I finished the remaining three Parkside Vans ready for painting &#8211; actually I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2459\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-model-builds","category-open-wagons"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459\/revisions\/2472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}